Insignia attachment



June 17, 1930. L KERKHOFF- 1,764,175

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Patented June i 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH KEEHHOEE, or ATTLEBOEO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE To P. L. TOEREY a COMPANY, A COPAETNEESHIP COMPOSED OF PRED L. T'OEEEY AND JOSEPH KERK- HOPE, BOTH OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, lDOING BUSINESS AT ATTLEBOEO,

MASSACHUSETTS INSIGNIA. ATTACHMENT i Application led February 8, 1929. Seria1`No. 338,397.

This invention relates to a character designated or initialed article; and has for Yits object to provide a construction by which two sheetmetal parts may be removably attached together vby suitably shaping the parts and without the necessity of providing any additional support or separate member for such attachment.

A further object of the invention is to form an insignia plate or element which will cooperatel withl formations in a face plate to releasably and positively secure the insignia plate to the face plate in a manner which can readily be removed and replaced by a similarly formed insignia plate when desired. v

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 isa top plan view of a portion of a belt with al buckle mounted thereon showing the insignia in" the form of a letter mounted on the face of the buckle.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1^.

Fig. 3 is a Section similar to Fig. 1 and showing the insignia removed. j

` Fig. 4 is atop plan view of the buckle withlthe insignia removed. E

c Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the insignia element.

plate showing the insignia 4as in other arts,l it'iS desirable to provide individualistic articles by having an initialL letter or an emblem in a conspicuous position upon the article and in Orderv that a simple and inexpensive construction ma be provided for removably securing a s eet metal insignia carrying plate to the Sheet metal face plate of a desired article Such as a belt'buckle orthe like, for which it is particularly adapted, I have provided two spaced slots in the sheet Stock of the face plate of the buckle Orother like-object and provided a Sheet metal insignia. element with gage the edge of the slot through which it is snapped to hold the insignia element in position. I have also found it desirable to recess a portion .of the face plate to receive the insignia so that it may lie flush with the face plate of the buckle and the following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention and illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished.

While .I have illustrated this invention as applied to ia belt buckle, it will be readily apparent that many` sheet metal objects are equally adapted to receive and have mounted thereon insignia, and I therefore desire that it be understood that although I Arefer particularly to a buckle, other Objects of a similar construction are withm the scope of this y invention.'

Wlth reference to the-drawings, 10 designates one part and 11 another part of the belt which may be suitably securedtogether 17 Such as a letter or emblem inscribed or Fig. 6 is an enlarged Sectional view of mounted on its surface.

The recess or depressed portion 15 is providedwith a pair of slots 18I and 19 located adjacent its edge or junction thereof with the surface'of the plate. The element 16 is' `provided with a finger. 20v'o'ifset as'at 21 to extend-through the opening v1,8 and overlie a portion of thaba'ck surface of the plate to prevent withdrawal'. ofthe element ina direction at right anglesY to thesurface of the plate, vandon the diametrically opposite side of the insignia element a finger 22 is rolled, as illustrated in Figs.- 2 an'd 6, to form a resilient knob to engage the edge 23 of the stock about the slot 19 and frictlonally retain the element 1 6 in its recess 15 inthe plate 13.

vThe sheet Astock 'of the element 16 is of av thickness substantially the same as the depth of the recessll from the surface 14, so that when the element 16 is mounted in this depression .the outer surface of the insignia element and the surface 14 of the plate are in substantially the same plane and conform to the general lappearance of the buckle.

It will be understood that the resiliency of the knob 22 tendsto force the' finger 20 firmly against the edge wall 24eof the material surrounding the slot 18 and prevents the removal of the insignia element except by first forcing the knob 22 outwardly from the back surface of the plate whereby it may be swung in a hinging fashion to a position to Withdraw the linger 20 from its slot 18 and completely remove the insignia -element 16 from position after which an insignia element having a diffrent inscription-thereon such as a different letter may be substituted so that a retail merchant-need carry only'a few buckles accompanied by a plurality -of different insignia or letters to supply his trade with buckles having different letters or emblematical symbols thereon.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms ofthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a

,cface plate having spaced `slots therein, an

element having insignia thereon, integral fingers extending from said element, one offset from the" plane of said element of a size vto extend through one of said slots and engage the surrounding stock and the other finger folded into a coil to forni a resilient knob to resiliently engage the stock surrounding the other slot and retain the element in position. y

2. In a belt buckle, a face plate having a depression there'n with spaced slots in the depressed portion and a separate element having insignia thereon of a size to fit said depression, an offset finger on said element to extend through one of said slots and en gage an edgey and overlie-the. ba'ck of the stocksurrounding saidslot, anda second finger on said element rolled to provide a resilient knob of a size and shape to extend through the other of said slots and resilientl and frictionally engage the edge ofthe stock thereabout whereby said element .is removably secured in said depression.

8. In a belt v.buckle a face plate havinga surface with a depression therein with spaced slots in the depressed portion along the junction of the depressed portion with the surface of the plate,'and a separate element having insignia thereon of a size and shape to fit said depression` and substantially 

